SQUARE

I. noun see: quadrate Date: 13th century an instrument having at least one right angle and two straight edges used especially to lay out or test right angles, a rectangle with all four sides equal, any of the quadrilateral spaces marked out on a board for playing games, the product of a number multiplied by itself, 5. an open place or area formed at the meeting of two or more streets, block 6a, a solid object or piece approximating a cube or having a ~ as its largest face, an unopened cotton flower with its enclosing bracts, a person who is conventional or conservative in taste or way of life, a ~ meal , II. adjective (~r; ~st) Date: 14th century 1. having four equal sides and four right angles, forming a right angle , having a ~ base , raised to the second power, 3. being approximately a cube , having a shape that is broad for the height and rectangular rather than curving in outline , rectangular and equilateral in section , 4. being or converted to a unit of area equal in measure to a ~ each side of which measures one unit of a specified unit of length , being of a specified length in each of two equal dimensions , 5. exactly adjusted ; precisely constructed or aligned, just , fair , leaving no balance ; settled, even , tied, substantial , satisfying , being unsophisticated, conservative, or conventional, set at right angles with the mast and keel, ~ness noun III. verb (~d; squaring) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make ~ or rectangular , to test for deviation from a right angle, straight line, or plane surface, to bring approximately to a right angle , 3. to multiply (a number) by itself ; raise to the second power, to find a ~ equal in area to , to regulate or adjust by or to some standard or principle , 5. balance , settle , to even the score of, to mark off into ~s, 7. to set right ; bring into agreement , bribe , fix , intransitive verb to agree precisely ; correspond , to settle matters, ~r noun IV. adverb Date: circa 1582 in a straightforward or honest manner, 2. so as to face or be face-to-face, at right angles, with nothing intervening ; directly , in a firm manner , in a ~ shape